EXPress Collage Lite

Editors' ReviewDownload.com staffApril 24, 2006This program makes collages for presenting your photos, but its setup and use prove to be cumbersome. EXPress Collage Lite is huge. At 126MBs, it pins a whopping nine folders and 153 files to your system after extraction. The multipaned interface features a wizard that directs you to select a folder of images for processing, though browsing and importing photos was nowhere near easy and the drag-and-drop features malfunction more often than not. Once you figure things out, the handy editing and layout tools work well in customizing photos with frames, personal captions, and even sound effects. Preview of the finished product is much appreciated, and we were pleased with the results as this convenient publishing tool transforms collages into an executable presentation. However, previews aren't available when selecting images and importing your photos one at time is also restricted. With that, this gargantuan program moves slowly and causes our other running applications to do the same. Tendering a strong set of features still, this free software is helpful to those looking for a way to tastefully present their photos.